I have been fascinated by nature and it’s natural fairy-tale quality since childhood. My work draws from the richness of nature’s forms to create impossible worlds full of plant and animal hybrids, new species of insects and birds. I am inspired by my own dreams as well as surrealistic literature – fairy-tales from my childhood and fantasy books from writers such as Calvino, Lem, Borghes, Ballard. I love to travel and always choose wild places far away from civilization, where I can fully immerse myself in nature. The second lead in my travels is strange and fantastic places – victorian gardens with their glass houses, old palaces or abandoned amusement parks. I collect memories from my journeys, experiences, moods and dreams, from which I construct the language of my illustrations. I love to bring a bit of fantasy and color into everyday life that is why I enjoy designing applied art. 

Solo Exhibitions:

2019  Illustrations, KAREA Gemstone Space, Warsaw
2018  Illustrations and pop-ups, Landmark North, Hong Kong
2017 – Illustrations from the series New Botany, Na Lato, Warsaw
2015 – Objects and Illustrations from the series New Botany, 
Szczecin Philharmonic, Szczecin
2015 – Mika i Mchy, 
Pies czy Suka, Warsaw
2014 – Lotos o tysiącu płatkach i inne opowieści z krainy kwiatów, 
BUW, Warsaw
2014 – Dream within a dream, 
Promocyjna Gallery, Warsaw
2012 – New Botany, 
Flying Gallery, Warsaw

Group Exhibitions:

2020 – Borderlands – Book Arts Exhibition, National Library of Iceland, Reykjavik
2020 – Słownik Współczesnych Łodzianizmów, Miejska Galeria Sztuki, Łódź
2020 – Waiting for the wind, Solvay Center for Contemporary Art, Krakow
2017  Common Room, Trafostacja Sztuki, Szczecin and Hamamatsu Children’s Center, Hamamatsu, Japan 
2016  Warschau ist Feminin, Neukollner Leuchtturm Berlin and Altes Pfandhaus Gallery, Cologne
2016  Inspiracje 2016 Oksydan, 13 muz Gallery, Szczecin
2015  The Creative Process Summer Exhibition, Fljotstunga, Iceland
2015  Streetwaves Festival, Gdansk
2015  Inside Out. Polish Graphic Design in the Making, Wanted Design, New York
2014  Natural Recall, Serra Dei Giardini, Venice
2014  I Never Read Art Book Fair, Volkshaus Basel, Basel
2014  Salon letni, Promocyjna Gallery, Warsaw
2013  Painters of Illustration, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
2013  13th Illustrative Festival, Direktorenhaus, Berlin
2012  Ilustracja PL, Soho Factory, Warsaw
2010  Ornament, Flying Gallery, Warsaw

Awards and Residencies:

2013 – Scholarship of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
2014 – Fljotstunga Artistic Residency, Iceland

Education:

1998 – 2003 Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland, MA degree
2002 – HDK, School of Design and Crafts, Goteborg, Sweden, Socrates/Erasmus Scholarship